Re: [PATCH] Add CHECK_FOR_INTERRUPTS in scram_SaltedPassword loop.

Aleksander Alekseev <aleksander@timescale.com>

From: Aleksander Alekseev <aleksander@timescale.com>
To: Postgres hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Cc: Bowen Shi <zxwsbg12138@gmail.com>
Date: 2023-11-22T13:30:35Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Hi,

> When the scram_iterations value is set too large, the backend would hang for
> a long time.  And we can't use Ctrl+C to cancel this query, cause the loop don't
> process signal interrupts.
>
> Add CHECK_FOR_INTERRUPTS within the loop of scram_SaltedPassword
> to handle any signals received during this period may be a good choice.
>
> I wrote a patch to solve this problem. What's your suggestions?

Thanks for the patch.

It sort of makes sense. I wonder though if we should limit the maximum
number of iterations instead. If somebody specified 1_000_000+
iteration this could also indicate a user error.

If we want to add CHECK_FOR_INTERRUPTS inside the loop I think a brief
comment would be appropriate.

-- 
Best regards,
Aleksander Alekseev



Commits

  1. Add CHECK_FOR_INTERRUPTS() in scram_SaltedPassword() for the backend